In this stunning follow-up to the global phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, Dan Brown demonstrates once again why he is the world’s most popular thriller writer. The Lost Symbol is a masterstroke of storytelling that finds famed symbologist Robert Langdon in a deadly race through a real-world labyrinth of codes, secrets, and unseen truths . . . all under the watchful eye of Brown’s most terrifying villain to date. Set within the hidden chambers, tunnels, and temples of Washington, D.C., The Lost Symbol is an intelligent, lightning-paced story with surprises at every turn. This is Dan Brown’s most exciting novel yet.
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“Dan Brown brings sexy back to a genre that had been left for dead . . . His code and clue-filled book is dense with exotica . . . amazing imagery . . . and the nonstop momentum that makes The Lost Symbol impossible to put down. Splendid. . . . Another mind-blowing Robert Langdon story.” —New York Times
“Thrilling in the extreme, a definite page-flipper.” —Daily News (New York)
“Call it Brownian motion: a comet-tail ride of beautifully spaced reveals and a socko unveiling of the killer’s true identity.” —Washington Post
“The wait is over. The Lost Symbol is here—and you don’t have to be a Freemason to enjoy it . . . .Thrilling and entertaining, like the experience on a roller coaster.” —Los Angeles Times
“Robert Langdon remains a terrific hero, a bookish intellectual who’s cool in a crisis and quick on his feet . . . .The codes are intriguing, the settings present often-seen locales in a fresh light, and Brown keeps the pages turning.” —Entertainment Weekly
“A fascinating pleasure. . . . Upends our usual assumptions about the world we think we know.” —Newsweek
“A roaring ride. . . . A caper filled with puzzles, grids, symbols, pyramids and a secret that can bestow ‘unfathomable power.’” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Dan Brown is a master of the breathless, puzzle-driven thriller.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch
About the Author
Dan Brown is the author of The Da Vinci Code, one of the most widely read novels of all time, as well as the international bestsellers Angels & Demons, Deception Point, and Digital Fortress. He lives in New England with his wife.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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When it comes to Dan Brown books there is a certain level of disbelief that the reader must suspend. I'm okay with that. I sign up for it the minute I buy a book by him. If I accept the idea that there is a particle based bomb made by a religious scientist working for a wheelchair bound relic at CERN does the rest of the story make sense? If yes, then the story is enjoyable. In no, then I have a man jumping from a helicopter into the Tiber by using a piece of cardboard to airsurf to safety from great heights. In this latest book not only is the reader asked to suspend disbelief, they are asked to suspend all levels of logic. Brown spends 450 pages detailing the physical incapacity of a main character only to have him descend 550 stairs without breaking a sweat. Really? Brown has an antagonist whose origin is absurd. Really? Brown's book has a 'plot twist' that reveals only what a reasonable person would have figured out by page 40. This. Book. Is. Bad. Pass on it. My only comfort is that I got it for 50% off.
26 of 33 people found the following review helpful
By bookweasel
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Despite their far fetched plots I enjoyed Angels and Demons and The DaVinci Code. The pace of the books grabbed you and they were hard to put down. This book just feels like exploitation - a writer past his peak, in need of another bottle, having one last attempt to make a buck.
The book is slow paced and a tedious read. It is enormously contrived and the supposed twist at the end is very weak. Spend your money on the new James Ellroy.
The book is slow paced and a tedious read. It is enormously contrived and the supposed twist at the end is very weak. Spend your money on the new James Ellroy.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By O. Camet
Format:Hardcover
After having enjoyed all four of Dan Brown's previous novels, I was looking forward to reading The Lost Symbol. What new secret would be unveiled? What controversy would be ignited? Unfortunately, I was thoroughly disappointed with his latest story.
Had I read of all his books without knowing when they were released, I would've guessed The Lost Symbol was his first novel. The structure showed some potential but the pace was slow, the action unexciting, the plot highly predictable and the denouement unsatisfying. This felt like the first novel of a promising yet unpolished writer. However, this is his fifth book and I expected much more. At times, I felt I was reading an old Emile Zola novel where the author extended scene descriptions because he got paid by the word. In this case, I had the feeling Dan Brown embarked on a journey that even he was uncertain of and confused by. It seemed that he extended scenes and explanations simply to fill 500 pages. Without spoiling anything, one of the main intrigues of this book is so obvious that you're almost angry at the author for thinking so little of the reader. The main character also gets duped more than once by a similar ploy. The only part of the book I enjoyed was the first 50 or so pages when it seems the pace will suddenly pick up and you'll be swept up by the story...unfortunately that never happens.
In the end, this felt like the work of a weak writer trying to copy the style of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons but falling far short.
Had I read of all his books without knowing when they were released, I would've guessed The Lost Symbol was his first novel. The structure showed some potential but the pace was slow, the action unexciting, the plot highly predictable and the denouement unsatisfying. This felt like the first novel of a promising yet unpolished writer. However, this is his fifth book and I expected much more. At times, I felt I was reading an old Emile Zola novel where the author extended scene descriptions because he got paid by the word. In this case, I had the feeling Dan Brown embarked on a journey that even he was uncertain of and confused by. It seemed that he extended scenes and explanations simply to fill 500 pages. Without spoiling anything, one of the main intrigues of this book is so obvious that you're almost angry at the author for thinking so little of the reader. The main character also gets duped more than once by a similar ploy. The only part of the book I enjoyed was the first 50 or so pages when it seems the pace will suddenly pick up and you'll be swept up by the story...unfortunately that never happens.
In the end, this felt like the work of a weak writer trying to copy the style of The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons but falling far short.
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Another page turner
As always Dan Brown produces 'page turning' books in his own inimitable style. Full of facts and figures that can be mind boggling but this still has those glimmers of 'truths'... Read more
Published 19 hours ago by Alison Bunning
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Good read
Fast paced, lots of silliness and such, intriguing ideas brought forth that are actually worth thinking about, such as the research the heroine was conducting. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Beverley Peden
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Been looking for this subject for a long time
It clarified so many questions ,however I still want to know the true clear beginning of the agree Masons
Dab Brown books are deep ,requires 100%focus
Dab Brown books are deep ,requires 100%focus
Published 2 months ago by Siran Hambarsom
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Great to Read
Dan Brown, you such an amazing author. Lost Symbol is an Interesting book with nice pictures illustration. I can't go to bed early because of you.
Published 2 months ago by Mimi Chan
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The Hand of a Friend
Robert Langdon, respected symbologist and well-known protagonist of The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, is back on the job. Read more
Published 2 months ago by John M. Ford
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A little disappointed
This is my least favorite of the Langdon series so far. It is a very slow book, when compared to the other ones in the series. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Miriam Reichel
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Review of the Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
One of his most capativing books and one that has a story line that you are not soon to forget. This books solidifies Dan Brown as a great author of fiction and makes one see why... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Gilford Drummond
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It's a real page turner
It's a page turner, but I expected more from the writer of 'Angels and Demons' and 'The Da Vinci Code'. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Waterlilly
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A Change of Pace
Book 3, in the Robert Langton series
Set in Washington D.C. this thriller follows “Angels & Demons “and features the rugged, good-looking Harvard “symboligist” Robert... Read more
Set in Washington D.C. this thriller follows “Angels & Demons “and features the rugged, good-looking Harvard “symboligist” Robert... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Toni Osborne
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The Lost Symbol
Tremendous story. Loved it. The theme of the story is valid regardless of the exact accuracy of every person, place or thing implied in the story. Read more
Published 5 months ago by RDR
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